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item	Expanding the ESL Program into the Community
contact	John Liffiton (Scottsdale Community College) john.liffiton@sccmail.maricopa.edu
credits	Mr. John Liffiton - ESL Coordinator Dr. John Neibling – Vice President - Instruction Dr. Virginia Stahl – Vice President - Student Services Dr. Dean Hermanson – Dean of Instruction Dr. Carmen Coracides – Chair of Language and Communication Dr. Patricia Medeiros – Chair of English (Day) Dr. Barbara Fahey – Chair of English (Evening and Summer) Ms. Therese Tendick – Director of International Education Ms. Jennifer Vinca – International Education Advisor Ms. Jennifer Sydow – International Education Advisor Ms. Raquel Ehmann – High School Outreach Coordinator Ms. Lynda Bridwell – Testing Coordinator Ms. Brenda Maynard – Workforce Development
college(s)	Scottsdale Community College
discipline(s)	English, ESL
summary	Since January 2000, responding to the needs of the community, the ESL Program at Scottsdale Community College has planned and implemented English language training for such diverse businesses as hospitality, landscaping, construction, and the automobile industry. This innovative effort has contributed to an increase of over 1000% in ESL enrollment.
details	(This initiative is Scottsdale's 2005 Innovation of the Year.) Dr. Decabooter, President of Scottsdale Community College, has always said that "community" is our middle name. In that spirit, SCC expanded the English as a Second Language program (ESL) into the local community in January 2000. This proved to be a wise decision and one in which the college would not only provide English language training to those in the area, but also become involved and work with businesses in the local community. At that time, SCC's ESL program consisted of approximately 115 students in nine or ten sections. Today under the cooperative leadership and support of the innovative team, SCC's ESL program has one of the most vibrant programs in Arizona and has around 1,200 students in about sixty sections. That is an increase of over 1,000% in just five years. Such success has obviously taken not only long hours and hard work, but more importantly, a planned logical expansion of offered classes, good use of marketing, and a concerted effort to contact local businesses and offer them the services of SCC's ESL program. Note! As a professional courtesy to the owner of this package, if you use some aspect of this package or have some thoughts about it, please share your feedback via the comments form below.
web links	http://www.mcli.dist.maricopa.edu/innovate/ Maricopa Community Colleges Innovation of the Year Program
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extra	Last modified: Mar-28-2005 Date created: Mar-02-2005 Visitor count: 3848 Dublin Core Metadata record This package is included in the Innovation of the Year Awards 2005 special collection.